克莱不介意被下放到替补：不，不，说这种话（介意）根本是逃避责任的借口。我们必须为场上的表现负责，我们都可以做得更好，尤其是我自己。这样的开局确实不理想。好在还剩 74 场比赛，但我们必须带着强烈的紧迫感扭转局面。
我完全接受（替补出战），我会继续打球，打出精彩表现，这一切即将到来，我无比确信。
“No, no,” Thompson told The Dallas Morning News. “Saying something like that would be an incredible copout. We’ve gotta take ownership for the product out there. We can all be better, especially myself.
“It’s not the ideal start. Luckily we’ve got 74 games left, but we should have a very high sense of urgency to right the ship. All the nautical analogies.”
“I don’t mind,” he said of not starting. “I’m going to play. I’m gonna do great things. That’s coming. I know it is.”
